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How to Draw a Robot Dolphin
Draw a robot dolphin in 13 easy steps, about 10 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: round head.
Step 1: Round head
Start near the top, left of middle. Draw a big arc down into a short blunt nose. Stop under it.
Tip The head is the biggest part. The nose is short, not pointy.
Step 2: Beak
Start under the nose tip. Draw a short curve back and stop under the corner of the head.
Tip Where you stop is the chin.
Step 3: Smile and eye
From the nose tip, draw a long smile back along the beak, curling up. Add a big round eye above.
Step 4: Long back
Start at the top of the head. Draw one long line sloping gently down to near the right edge.
Step 5: Fin on top
Start on the back behind the head. Draw a fin curving up and back to a round tip, back down.
Tip Both ends sit on the back.
Step 6: Belly
Start at the chin. Draw a deep smile belly rising to the right. Stop below the end of the back.
Tip Leave a short neck before the tail.
Step 7: Flipper
Start on the belly under the eye. Draw a leaf flipper pointing back, and stop on the belly further along.
Step 8: Tail flukes
From the back's end, draw a fat fluke up and back to the neck, then one down to the belly.
Tip Like a sideways bow tie.
Step 9: Antenna
Start on top of the head above the eye. Draw a short line straight up to a round ball.
Step 10: Metal seams
Draw 3 curved lines from the back down to the belly: one behind the head, 2 near the tail.
Tip Each seam starts on the back line and stops on the belly line.
Step 11: Screen and bolts
Draw a small tilted screen on the side, a line inside. Add a bolt on the fin, flipper and tail.
Step 12: Grey metal
Colour the whole dolphin grey, around the screen. Leave the eye, the screen and the ball white.
Step 13: Red ball, blue screen
Colour the antenna ball red and the screen sky blue. Go over your lines.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a robot dolphin, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
